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Fill  DAY.  AfJ|i!^*li5!S3^^^^r 

ffc!? graphed  to  the  IewO?ieaai  Picayaae. 

»Pfc^lAL   :fj»   TUB    PI€A*l'*f. 

Liter  from  thr-tomy  of  the  UiwiUaippi. 
THE  ARMY  IMOVINO, 
0«n    A    S.    robntton'»   Addrewt  v* 


THE    KVK    OF    BAXVLli. 

Coals '.  u .  April  ^— A  thoaiftnd  privai*  eW- 
lens,  from  ail  part#of  the  Ccaiftderaoy-noT* 
locked  to  ear  sSaudiitl. 

A  battle  may  not  come  o<i  until  the  day 
after  to-morrow. 

The  followiog  ia  an  address  just  issued  »j 
•ar  General : 

HeaDQTARTE*:"  AttUY  Of  THE  ttlSStftiPPl, 

Corinth,  Mies..  April  3,  1*3  — Soldiere  of 
the  Army  of  the  Mississippi !  I  have  put  yoa 
in  motion,  to  offer  battle  to  the  invaders  of 
yojr  country.  With  resolution  and  disci- 
plined valoj,  becoming  men  figbtiuw  as  too 
are  for  all  that  is  worth  living  or  (tying  for. 
yoa  can  but  march  to  decisive  victory  over 
the  agrarian  mercenaries  who  have  beea  seut 
to  despoil  job  of  yonr  liberties,  your  proepe.-- 
ity  and  your  bonor 

Remember  the  precious  stake  that  is  in- 
volved in  this  contest;  remember  the  depend 
eace  of  your  mothers,  your  wire?,  po*f  ais 
teri,  and  your  children,  is  upon  the  result. 

Remember  the  fair,  broad,  abounding  land, 
the  happy  homes  and  the  ties  that  would  09 
dissolved  atd  desolated  by  your  defeat. 

Tne  eyes  and  hopes  of  eight  miiiions  of 
people  rest  upon  yon.  Yoa  are  expected  u> 
lv«f  worthy  of  year  race,  and 
your  Imesge;  worthy  u  it.9  wj^-iti ->f  the 
Booth,  whose  noble  devotion  ia  this  war  baa 
never  been  exceeded,  at  any  time. 

With  such  incentives  to  brave  deeds,  and 
in  the  trust  tbat  God  is  with  a*,  your  Gen 
erals  will  lead  you  corjiidently  to  the  combat. 
lu'iv  u  •-     |      i     e  *uj  glcrioneeuccefl'i. 

[Signed.  :      A  s.  JonssTOc*,  0<§a.  Com'/r 

|?0.   M.  OTP-r.  Jr, 

A.  A.  A.  General 
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